Research to Help Mitigate Future Shocks to California’s Water, Food and Energy Supplies
By Anthony King. The California drought may be unofficially over, but that doesn’t mean it won’t return. Policymakers, businesses and the agriculture…
Water-Energy Nexus // The fight for water in Kenya
Report by Deutsche Welle. Hydropower plants are causing parts of Kenya's Tana River to dry up. Scientists are trying to ensure there's enough water…
Water-Food Nexus // Agriculture holds the key to tackling water scarcity
By Rimma Dankova. Agriculture is both a victim and a cause of water scarcity. Water of appropriate quality and quantity is essential for the…
Call for Papers // UK Government's Strategic Trends Programme: "Future Operating Environment 2035"
For the 6th edition of Global Strategic Trends, the UK's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is undertaking studies in the several areas…
Egypt today // Egypt’s Growing Population Brings Environmental Woes
By Richard Hoath. Egypt’s growing population is putting increased pressure on water and energy – and action needs to be taken now.
Project // "Dŵr Uisce - Energy Efficiency in Water Services"
Water-Energy Nexus Project at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Bangor University (UK). There is significant scope to improve the energy efficiency of…
Research // Improvement of the Water-Energy Nexus and the Environmental Performance of Water Supply Systems Using Smart ICT Solutions
By Jorge Helmbrecht, Matthias Maier, Esteban Muñoz Morillo, Dirk Kühlers and Karl Roth. In this paper, an application of an intelligent software…
Call for Participants // Workshop "Energy-Water-Climate Change Nexus (EWCN) in a Transitional Economy: Sustainability and Resilience"
How can our energy and water systems be more sustainable? How resilient are they against natural and social risks and potential disruptions? And how…
DuPont // Relentless Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water
By Krynsta Harde. In his opening remarks at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of WEF, called for…
Report // Energy Water Nexus (EWN) Strategic Roadmap
The EWN roadmap focuses on the interdependency between energy and water and identified opportunities for the Midwest region, M-WERC, The Water…
Governance // Natural Resource Governance at Multiple Scales in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Susan Sellars-Shrestha, Amy Sellmyer and Christopher. Human efforts to address poverty, enhance welfare, and conserve natural resources and the…
Session at DNC 2017 // Building-up monitoring and reporting on SDGs based on sub-national and national efforts
As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourages member states to “conduct regular and…
Session at DNC 2017 // A systematic approach to map SDG interactions for practical decision-making
The session will discuss new results of projects and activities (lead by ICSU, German Committee Future Earth, SDSN and Future Earth) developed…
Session at DNC 2017 // New and refined approaches supporting the implementation of a Nexus Approach
The need for and the (potential) benefits of implementing integrated resources management seems rather straightforward from a scientific perspective,…
Session at DNC 2017 // Knowledge management and transfer for adoption of a nexus approach and achieving SDGs
The complexity of the nexus and of the full range of SDGs poses challenges for science and implementation. A critical step is the effective knowledge…